Nunda Supervisor Kept Off April Ballot

March 17, 2001

WOODSTOCK — Previously removed from the ballot for the April election, Nunda Township Supervisor Charlie Nelson remained off the ballot Friday after a ruling by a McHenry County judge.

Nelson said he planned to appeal Judge Michael Caldwell's ruling, which could delay the voting in Nunda Township's precincts if the higher court's decision fails to come early enough for the county clerk to have the ballots printed for the April 3 election.

Nelson had planned to run for re-election as an independent, but the Nunda Township Electoral Board ruled him off the ballot in February, citing signature discrepancies on his nominating petitions.

Nelson then filed for judicial review of the board's decision, but Caldwell ruled in favor of another attorney's motion to dismiss Nelson's petition on the technical grounds that notification of the hearing to the electoral board members had not been delivered by registered or certified mail, as required by law.